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Rogue in Power: Why Stephen Harper is Remaking Canada by Stealth
Canada has always been known as a good place to live: a tolderant, prosperous, stable country that treats its citizens fairly and protects the weakest in society. Yet during the past seven years, it has started to change into a harder, more mean-spirited place. What is going on?
According to political scientist Christian Nadeau, this transformation is being engineered by Stephen Harper and the neo-con ideologues around him. The Conservatives have a clear agenda that they are implementing step by step. It is a well-planned and organized attack on justice and democracy as we have understood them to date.
Nadeau looks at how Harper and the Tories are systematically dismantling political, social, and cultural institutions--and with them, traditions and values--that many Canadians hold dear. He analyzes the wide range of actions and decisions that reflect this program: proroguing Parliament, appointing right-leaning judges, promoting a law-and-order agenda, trying to gut the gun registry, preventing the collection of impartial data through the Census, and shutting down social programs.
Rogue in Power is a compelling exploration of how Canada is being refashioned in broad daylight.
According to political scientist Christian Nadeau, this transformation is being engineered by Stephen Harper and the neo-con ideologues around him. The Conservatives have a clear agenda that they are implementing step by step. It is a well-planned and organized attack on justice and democracy as we have understood them to date.
Nadeau looks at how Harper and the Tories are systematically dismantling political, social, and cultural institutions--and with them, traditions and values--that many Canadians hold dear. He analyzes the wide range of actions and decisions that reflect this program: proroguing Parliament, appointing right-leaning judges, promoting a law-and-order agenda, trying to gut the gun registry, preventing the collection of impartial data through the Census, and shutting down social programs.
Rogue in Power is a compelling exploration of how Canada is being refashioned in broad daylight.
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162 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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August 30, 2013I* didn't really need this book to tell me what kind of a rascal Harper is, but it was definitely a good read nonetheless.
March 16, 2014
I found this a little hard to get into a first but I am very glad I stuck with it. The connection to Leo Strauss was a key for me, as was Harper's embrace of Hobbes Leviathan. Well worth a read.
It was published before Harper got the majority government, which gives it an interesting perspective.
Google the words Harper Bush Strauss and you'll get more on the connection. Very scary stuff.
It was published before Harper got the majority government, which gives it an interesting perspective.
Google the words Harper Bush Strauss and you'll get more on the connection. Very scary stuff.
January 6, 2015
The problem with this kind of book is that it's often a case of he/she said/he/she said but there's probably ample evidence that Harper is a crook.
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